William Taft actually said...

I am very proud that I have had the honor to be elected a member of the board of trustees of this institution, and I am proud because I have been thought worthy.

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Remarks at the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia

11/19/1909

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